Former UFC heavyweight Jairzinho Rozenstruik was arrested Monday over an alleged home violence incident in Pembroke Pines, Fla.
“Bigi Boy” Rozenstruik was hit with third-degree felony false imprisonment and first-degree misdemeanor battery, in accordance with Broward County arrest information after police had been initially dispatched relating to a “suspicious incident” which they are saying was later revealed to be a “home battery.”
The heavyweight combined martial artist a local of Suriname, was additionally positioned on immigration maintain on Tuesday.
In accordance with a report from MMA Junkie, “The girl claimed Rozenstruik slapped a cellphone out of her hand whereas she was ignoring him within the midst of an argument in a automobile. The girl mentioned Rozenstruik then slapped her hand once more and as she tried to exit the automobile, Rozenstruik grabbed her arm. The girl mentioned Rozenstruik tried to kiss her after which bit her arm. She additionally alleged Rozenstruik prevented her from exiting the automotive after they drove to a different location.”
Police said that Rozenstruik’s companion had “a visual chew mark on her proper bicep, redness on each of her forearms and a crimson scratch/bruise mark below her proper eye” and he or she allowed police to {photograph} her accidents.
The report states that Rozenstruik was “uncooperative through the investigation and had modified his account of the incident a number of occasions and withheld info relating to the incident. A number of makes an attempt had been wanted for Jairzinho to provide his account of the incident.”
Jairzinho Rozenstruik competed 15 occasions within the UFC from February 2019 to February 2025. He holds a professional MMA document of 15-6.
Final 12 months Rozenstruik signed with Mike Perry’s Soiled Boxing promotion the place he turned heavyweight champion in his second struggle with the promotion.
